Railway-car



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. T. E. POPE.

RAILWAY GAB.

No. 504,615. I Patented Sept. 5, 1893.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. T. E. POPE.

RAILWAY GAR. No. 504,615. Patented Sept. 5, 1893.

lUNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS EDWARD POPE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,615, datedSeptember 5, 1893.

Application filed August 18, 1891. Serial No. 403,031- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS EDWARD Porn, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RailwayCars and Carriages; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of said invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it most nearly appertains to make,use, and practice the same.

My invention relates to that class of railway cars and carriages knownas double deckers wherein an upper and lower story compartment isprovided for seating passengers, and it consists of the combination ofparts, including their construction, substantially as hereinafter morefully disclosed and definitely pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l. is a side elevationshowing a portion of the car broken away at one end so as to show theupper and lower tiers of seats. Fig. 2. is a cross section of a carshowing the seats close together. Fig. 3. is a cross section of a carshowing the seats farther apart and close to the outer edge of thefloor; and Fig. at is a side elevation of a car showing the stairspassing up through the side of the car.

Let A represent the main floor of any car or railway carriage. Theplatforms, B may be of any ordinary construction and arranged at eitheror both ends of the cars as desired.

C is a step or foot-board, which extends parallel with the length of thecar on either side and which serves as a convenient step for passengersentering the car at any part of its length. The seats D. D. on thisfloor are placed lengthwise of the car facing outward, so that the backsof the two seats oppose each other through the middle of the car. InFig. 2, these seats are shown in a position with their backs in closeproximity to each other, but in Fig. 8, they are shown farther apart, sothat they occupy positions closer to the side of the car.

E E are the uprights or stanchions, which support the roof F of thatpart of the car which forms the lower compartment, and they can berabbeted, or otherwise formed,so that temporary sides can be fitted tothem when it is desired to convert the car into a closed car.

The upper compartment is constructed partly above and partly below theroof F of the lower compartment. It is built into the roof F, and itslower portion, or in other words, that portion which extends below theroof, contains the seats G and passageway H of the upper compartment;while the portion that extends above the roof is provided with windows Iand a roof J, or if preferred, the sides of this compartment whichproject above the roof can be left open. The seats G of the uppercompartment face inward as shown, and they are separated at the bottomby the passage or footway H,

thus forming a compartment of gradually diminishing size projecting downinto the lower compartment and occupying the space directly above theseats in the lower compartment. The upper compartment is reached by astairway L, which maylead from the platform at either or both ends ofthe car, as shown at Fig. 1, or it may be placed in a passageway at themiddle of the car, so as to lead from each side upward to the uppercompartment. When this stairway leads from a platform at the end of thecar it is preferably made in two short flights, as shown at the brokenaway portion of Fig. 1, but when it is constructed in a special passageway leading through the sides of the car, as at Fig. 4, Sheet 2, it willbe preferable to make it in a single flight, as shown at Figs. 2 and 3.

By reason of the car construction above described it requires but fewsteps to reach the footway of the upper compartment. This is one of themost important advantages secured by this plan of construction, becausein all the other styles of double-deck cars, with which I am familiar,the passenger is required to mount a long flight of stairs, which isusually unprotected, leading to the roof of the car, in order to reachthe upper compartment, but, by the construction herein described, I dropthe upper compartment down into the useless space of the lowercompartment, so that the floor or footway of the upper compartment isbut slightly elevated above the which is also a decided advantage.

floor of the lower compartment, and is consequently easily reached by ashort flight of stairs, which can be easily protected and covered.

The construction above described also has the advantage of bringing theweight of the car, whether loaded or empty, nearer the middle line ofthe car, and between the tracks,

It practically produces acar within a car, and gives an upper and lowercompartmentwithout materially adding to the height of the main car, andat the same time it gives symmetrical proportions to the car that cannotbe attained when upper and lower compartments are formed in the ordinaryway. This arrangement of a car is easily adapted for the application ofcable,

electric or steam power, without interfering with any of its parts, andthe space between the seat backs can be utilized in winter and in coldclimates for containing heating appliances.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patout, is-

A railway car or carriage consisting of a door or bottom A having sideor longitudinal, steps 0 below its general surface and opposed seats Dat its center and above its general surface, extending longitudinallythereof, the roof F secured upon uprights or stanchions, at the sides ofthe car or carriage, themselves secured upon the steps C, uppercompartment seats G extending from the roof F and below it, the foot orpassage way H, arranged below said seats G and low down in the lowercompartment, centrally of the seats D, the upper compartment J, and theend steps L leading from the floor A of the lower compartment to thepassage or foot way H, under cover, sub- 40 stantially as set forth.

T. EDWARD POPE.

Witnesses:

WM. M. FITZ MAURICE, IRA V. HITOHCOCK.

